Care Learning held it’s successful 8th annual care providers conference on 30th June in Bristol. The title and theme was “Focus on Quality”. Over 200 delegates heard from speakers including Carolyn Denne from SCIE, Paul Robottom from City & Guilds and Karen Taylor from the Care Quality Commission.
This event focused on quality workforce development and high profile and engaging speakers provided news, information and raised essential issues to consider when planning your future business and workforce to meet the demands of the future. will highlight the support available to you and look at some new tools and resources to help you with managing change.
We took a close look at the new Health & Social Care Diploma qualifications and the funding streams available to you. CQC provided further advice and guidance on compliance, in particular in relation to workforce development.
There was an opportunity to meet a wide range of training providers to discuss workforce training and development needs to meet National Minimum Standards and other learning opportunities. There was also other trade stands offering a range of services to the social acre sector.
Keynoter Speaker: Carolyn Denne - Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE)
Carolyn Denne. Carolyn moved to the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) in July 2010 to become Head of Service Quality from her role in the Care Quality Commission (CQC) as Chief of Staff to Cynthia Bower, Chief Executive.
In her current role, she leads work on dementia – including SCIE’s popular Dementia Gateway – end of life care, older people’s strategy and prevention. She led SCIE’s work to define excellence in regulated care settings, commissioned by CQC who are now consulting on the definition as a key element of their new excellence award to replace quality ratings. She is also working with NICE on Quality Standards.
Carolyn is a social worker, with 30 years experience in local government, social care and the NHS. Building upon her early days working in acute hospital and residential settings and in community social work practice with older people, her career spans practice, policy development, performance and quality, commissioning and planning in local and national government and in regulation. She contributed to the establishment of CQC. Carolyn is passionate about the role that personalised social care can play in enabling individuals to achieve their potential and live the best possible life for them.
Key outcomes from the keynote speakers and discussions included:
providing an overview of the sector and what you can do to meet the challenges ahead
a better understanding of the new QCF qualification and CPD opportunities and changes in Skills Funding Agency funding
an improved understanding of CQCs compliance requirements and how you can evidence these effectively
an opportunity to put your own development needs and requirements to Care Learning for future workshops, events and resources.
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Held on Thursday 24th June 2010 at Ashton Gate Stadium in Bristol
Titled ‘Balancing Care’ the day looked at the challenges affecting managers under the Putting People First agenda.
The day provided essential information on the issues, policies and learning required to ensure that you deliver a truly personalised service.
The conference was split into two parts. The morning concentrated on the changes affecting social care and what issues that you need to be thinking about in the future delivery of social care and how this will affect both your business and workforce planning, now and in the future. A workshop focused on some tools available to help you with planning.
The second part in the afternoon looked at the changes to qualifications. NVQs will end this year and the new QCF - Qualifications Credit Framework will be in place. What does this mean to you and your staff and what do you need to know to prepare for these important changes. We also looked at how new qualifications can affect recruitment and retention.
Keynote Speaker: Nadra Ahmed OBE.
Nadra has twenty eight years of social care experience, particularly in the private sector where she has developed, planned and opened care homes. She is well know throughout the social care sector for her passion and determination and is regarded as a key player in the Government’s modernisation movement having been instrumental in bringing about major changes that have improved the lives of thousands of people who use care services. Her endless commitment to improving care standards earned her the Care Personality of the Year Award in 2005, appointment to Deputy Lieutenant of Kent and an OBE in 2006. Nadra began her career as a teacher and lecturer, and is now the managing directors of her own business, Kent Care Training Associates, a not-forprofit organisation dedicated to training social care staff. Her interest in training has seen her develop a number of opportunities for the care sector over the years. She is the Chair of the National Care Association and Vice Chair of Skills for Care and has served on a number of government taskforces.
Trade stands that attended:
Overall Aim:
To give you the opportunity to discuss ideas with other managers.
To challenge your own views and to offer and consider different perspectives.
To examine the different approaches to tackling difficult issues and situations.
To explore the impact of the Personalisation Agenda to your workplace.
To discuss what the stumbling blocks are that impact on your staff and the people who use your services.
This event focused on quality workforce development and high profile and engaging speakers provided news, information and raised essential issues to consider when planning your future business and workforce to meet the demands of the future. will highlight the support available to you and look at some new tools and resources to help you with managing change.
Held on Thursday 24th June 2010 at Ashton Gate Stadium in Bristol